英語演講稿一：
Never Give Up
“If I could reach higher, just for one moment to touch the sky…”---this is from my favorite song Reach.
When we are appreciating the passionate melody of Gloria Estefan, we could hardly imagine that she could return to the stage after her paralysis. In the year 1990, this Cuban singer was knocked down in a traffic accident, and the doctor declared that she might never walk again. But Gloria did not give up and kept up constant exercising. Just one year after the disaster, she stood up again and presented this encouraging song at the Atlanta Olympics.
Whenever I think of Gloria, I can’t help recalling my memory seven years ago, when I first entered university. Naturally shy, ordinary looking, average scores in study, just like an ugly duckling, I seemed to be the least outstanding one in my class. And the successive failures in the beginning led me into despair. “Am I destined to take the back seat to others?” Unwilling to submit to the fate, I paid more efforts on my study as well as many other activities, film dubbing, recital, drama… cause I just want to catch every little opportunity to prove myself. Constant effort yields sure success. Thanks to the competition, I received some awards and most of all, I gained the courage and confidence to face any difficulties in my life journey.
Life is just like farming, and what you can reap depends a lot on your sowing and dedication. Once you have a dream, don’t be hesitant. Your next difficult step may be the one to the top. Keep going forward, even in the toughest time, and never give up.
永不放棄
“如果我能到達更高的地方，哪怕只有碰觸天空的一剎那…”---選自我所喜愛的歌曲《到達》。
當我們在欣賞葛羅莉亞·伊斯特芬那充滿激情的旋律，我們很難想象她能從癱瘓中回到舞臺。1990年這個古巴歌手遭遇車禍，醫生說她可能再也沒辦法走路了。可是葛羅莉亞並沒有放棄希望，堅持做恢復訓練。在災難後僅僅一年，她又站起來了，並且在亞特蘭大奧運會上唱響了這首鼓舞人心的歌曲。
每當我想起葛羅莉亞的時候，我禁不住回憶起七年前我剛進入大學的時候。天性害羞，相貌平平，成績一般，就像一隻醜小鴨，我是班上最不起眼的一個。而且在剛開學時一連串的失敗讓我陷入絕望。“難道我註定要給別人當配角嗎?” 不願意向這個命運屈服，我更加努力的學習並且參加許多其他的活動，電影配音、朗誦、戲劇…因爲我想抓住任何一個微小的機會來證實我自己。不懈的努力終會帶來成功。我從競賽中獲得了一些獎勵，最重要的是，我從中得到了面對人生一切困難的勇氣和決心。
生活就像是耕耘，一份耕耘一份收穫。一旦你有了夢想，不要猶豫。你艱難的下一步也許就是通往成功的階梯。即使在最困難的時候也要勇往直前，決不放棄。
英語演講稿二：
Change
Leo Tolstoy once said, everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
He is right. We always have great plans and dreams in our minds… too ready to achieve something grand that changes the world or benefits all of mankind example; we hate pollution and have made up our minds to find new energy sources that keep the environment clean. Yet we still litter on the ground. We complain about traffic jams, so we plan to build more highways to solve the problem, but it never occurs to us that our failure to follow traffic regulations is the leading cause of this situation. We are so concerned that the violence in the media has a bad impact on our children, we urge the government to set laws to protect them. But, do we, as adults, set a good example for our kids? We use nasty words and even spit on the ground in front of them, I dare to say, we harm more!
In my opinion, before we decide to change the world, we had better change ourselves first. As ordinary individuals, we do not have the power to change the world. But we can change our habit of littering, spitting, cussing, we can respect the environment around us, we must act as good models for our kids.
If each of us does all of these little things, all of us, millions and millions of individuals together, together we will be strong …strong enough to change our world!
So please, the next time you do something, think how your actions influence not only you, but those around you too, especially our children …and perhaps more importantly…our planet!
改變
列夫·托爾斯泰曾說過：每個人都想改變這個世界，但是沒有人想到改變自己。
他說的很有道理，我們每個人都心懷偉大時志向，時刻準備去幹一番能造福全人類的大事業。比如，我們痛恨環境污染，所以我們下定決心去開發新的更高效更乾淨的能源來保護我們的環境，但是同時我們卻隨手亂扔垃圾;我們抱怨大城市的交通堵塞，計劃造更多的高速路來解決交通問題，但是我們從來沒有想過，如果我們能遵守交通規則話，那麼這一問題是不是可以得到很大得緩解呢?我們擔心電視電影裏面得暴力會對我們得孩子產生不良的影響，於是我們敦促政x通過立法來保護未成年人，但是我們這些大人又做得怎麼樣呢?我們爲我們的下一代做好了表率嗎?我們說粗話，甚至在孩子面前抽菸。不客氣地說，我們對孩子的不良影響更多!
